It is the weekend before Super Tuesday, and you know what that means! Lots of news articles about how women can’t be trusted to make decisions about their own bodies, candidates proclaiming that we should all be living according to the Christian God’s Planâ„¢, and really, really, really rich people explaining that they really, really, really get what it means to be struggling to make ends meet. Just in case you want a preview of the bullshit to come, here’s something: Read More This Weekend OT is Going to be Super!

A happy Friday to you, Persephoneers! This is the week we welcomed a flood of new commenters to our scrappy little community, and we are oh so happy to have you here. Since you’re stuck at work for another few hours before the sweet, sweet freedom of the weekend, tell me what you’d do if your boss came in and said, “Go on home and I’ll pay you for the rest of the afternoon!”

It’s that time again! It’s 10 p.m. on Friday here in the Persephone offices, so we’re signing off until Monday. Feel free to use this open thread as a giant Persepheparty until we get back. Lurkers! Come on out and say hi to the rest of us, we promise not to bite. Unless you ask really nicely.